Associations to the word «Frequentative»
Adverb
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Wiktionary
FREQUENTATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
FREQUENTATIVE, noun. (grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
FREQUENTATIVE ASPECT, noun. (grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack."
Dictionary definition
FREQUENTATIVE, noun. A verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.